Arab Educational Information Network

Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL) is the most recent learning tool in the language education through which applications and websites are used to facilitate students learning. The spread of Covid-19 pandemic forced the educational institutions to adopt MALL and to use it to replace face-to-face teaching. Such unpredicted, quick move to use mobile technology brought a lot of opportunities for MALL adoption in educational institutions especially at those in the developing countries. This study aims to explore how MALL is being implemented in context of EFL in higher education after the pandemic period from the EFL teachers’ perspective and how they envision the future of MALL in higher education. Using the qualitative method with a sample of four EFL teachers from a public university in Oman, it was revealed that MALL is still commonly used by EFL teachers. The analysis of the findings showed that mobile devices are being used in class and outside the class in various ways. The findings also revealed how the future of MALL would be from the perspective of the EFL teachers. The findings of this study encourage education providers, curriculum designers and EFL teachers to maximize the use of MALL in EFL context and reveal possibilities of incorporating mobile technology in EFL context at higher education institutions. (Author’s abstract)